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    Lying is a part of life for each and every person on the planet. We do it everyday wethere we know it or not. Grown adults do it more than childern do ‚ people lie to save drama or to keep everyone happy.That person who sits in the front row in chearch may say she lives life by the " book" and knows but she could be the main one in the town messing up. I believe if the Government told the truth about what goes on the US an the world we would all be at home with arsonals of wepons and everyday society

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    When I think about ethical relativism culture come to mind. I also think about what is right or wrong. When you think about what are moral you think about lessons to be learned or an experience. There are several types of moral relativism and different meanings; moral relativism is basically what the individual decides what is right or wrong for them. The two that I will discuss is individual moral relativism and cultural moral relativism. These to me are two very important morals that each personal

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    What is the difference between lying and bullshit and is there similar words to it? This is a question that Harry Frankfurt tries to find out with different types of words that differ from the word bullshit and explains those words and what they really mean. In the article he says that there are many words that and can relate to bullshit one is humbug which means a deceptive misrepresent‚ short of lying‚ especially by pretentious word or deed‚ of somebodies own thought‚ feelings‚ or attitudes; having

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    Conflicted About Lying

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    Lying is Never Justified Speech Would you like to be one of the sick people that lie as part of their daily lives? I’m sure that I wouldn’t. In the articles “ It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” by NBCNEWS.com and “ Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant” by Sissela Bok‚ both authors suggest that lying is never justified. I agree with the author’s’ beliefs that nobody should ever have to lie. In the article “ It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” NBCNEWS.com suggest that lying

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    Hypothesis about Lying

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    Conditional on preferring the outcome from lying over the outcome from truth-telling‚ a person is sensitive to neither her own [monetary] gain from lying‚ nor how much [monetary] harm she causes the other side. Notice that aside from the preface of “preferring the outcome from lying”‚ the rest of the Hypothesis seems quite at odds with Gneezy’s Result. The reconciliation is that a significant fraction of Gneezy’s subjects prefer the outcome from lying to truth-telling in some experimental treatment(s)

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    enedict (Cultural Relativism) a. The concept of Cultural Relativism states‚ “it is not each person‚ but each person’s culture that is the standard by which actions are to be measured”(Wilkens‚ 29). I believe Ruth Benedict would base how she acts in this situation off of what an individual might justify morally. People have multiple views‚ which vary concerning what someone should do in this type of situation. Some people may consider not turning in the ticket as wrong‚ while others may think it is

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    Lying Stealing Cheating

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    As a young child‚ we are taught that lying‚ stealing and cheating are wrong and immoral for us to do. A child will normally obey these rules as to not lying‚ stealing or cheating but as a child grows older‚ these things become apart of a persons lifestyle. Why in this society do we consider lying‚ stealing and cheating immoral and/or illegal? Lying is caused or brought upon by many reasons. One of the main reasons is that it is “the easy way out”. Lying comes as a second nature as a person.

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    Cause and Effect of Lying

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    The Cause & Effect Of Lying I believe that under no circumstances should lying be acceptable. I was raised and brought up in a household that didn’t tolerate lying at all. I do -understand that people have their reasons‚ but lying always holds something negative. While lying might seem like an easy way out‚ it actually puts you in more trouble than you were in to begin with. It never solves the problem‚ it just makes it worse. For some reason people believe that

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    this article‚ the author explores the major meta-ethical theory of Cultural Relativism. According to it‚ Cultural Relativism states that all morality is relative to culture‚ that the truth of ethical claims is relative to an individual or group’s perspective. Cultural Relativism holds that an action is morally right or morally wrong because of the beliefs and values of the culture in which the action takes place. Therefore cultural relativism denies the possibility of any objective foundation

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    legalized form of lying 100% yes. Most advertisements and advertisers make totally false and tall claims‚ which is far from reality. And they call it creativity. It is nothing but lying and society has tacitly grown to accept it.If the strict definition of "cheating" is taken‚ as is commonly defined in most countries across the world‚ then most advertisers and the companies would have to be put behind bars for the offence. It is not entirely clear what is meant by legalized form of lying. There are lies

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